Literary criticism

This study
examines how the literary works of Elisabeth Reichart, Charlotte Roche and
Elfriede Jelinek challenge normativity both in their engagement with gender and
sexuality and with aesthetic choices. The comparative analysis of texts
published over a twenty-year period provides insights into the socio-political
and cultural dynamics at the time of publication. It reveals the continuing
relevance of feminist authorial voices to the present day, challenging the stable,
normative understanding of feminism and feminist writing itself, and showing
how literature can function as a form of intervention that provides a
reflective space for readers to question norms in their own lives and to take
the initiative to change these...

This lecture was originally published by the Institute of English Studies, University of London in 2005.

The Hilda Hulme Memorial Lectures were established in 1985 following a
donation from Mr Mohamed Aslam in memory of his wife, Dr Hilda Hulme.
The lectures are on the subject of English literature and relate to one
of ‘the three fields in which Dr Hulme specialised, namely Shakespeare,
language in Elizabethan drama, and the nineteenth-century novel’.

How
has classical literature shaped culture, knowledge, the thinkable? What happens
when a canonical text is translated from his
gaze into her, and their,gaze(s)? These are some of
the questions Barbara Köhler pursues in her modern epic poem, Niemands Frau (2007), her response to TheOdyssey.
Translated and re-imagined over the centuries, Homer’s tale found critical
resonance in intellectual traditions from Christianity through to Post-Colonialism.
Odysseus has been viewed as an ideal, reputedly using reason rather than force
to dominate, but in Niemands Frau Köhler
takes inspiration from Penelope to weave a text that challenges the rationalist
and patriarchal...

This lecture was originally published by the Institute of English Studies, University of London in 1996.

The Hilda Hulme Memorial Lectures were established in 1985 following a
donation from Mr Mohamed Aslam in memory of his wife, Dr Hilda Hulme.
The lectures are on the subject of English literature and relate to one
of ‘the three fields in which Dr Hulme specialised, namely Shakespeare,
language in Elizabethan drama, and the nineteenth-century novel’.

This lecture was originally published by the Institute of English Studies, University of London in 1992.

The Hilda Hulme Memorial Lectures were established in 1985 following a
donation from Mr Mohamed Aslam in memory of his wife, Dr Hilda Hulme.
The lectures are on the subject of English literature and relate to one
of ‘the three fields in which Dr Hulme specialised, namely Shakespeare,
language in Elizabethan drama, and the nineteenth-century novel’.

This lecture was originally published by the Institute of English Studies, University of London in 1990.

The Hilda Hulme Memorial Lectures were established in 1985 following a
donation from Mr Mohamed Aslam in memory of his wife, Dr Hilda Hulme.
The lectures are on the subject of English literature and relate to one
of ‘the three fields in which Dr Hulme specialised, namely Shakespeare,
language in Elizabethan drama, and the nineteenth-century novel’.

This lecture was originally published by the Institute of English Studies, University of London in 1987.

The Hilda Hulme Memorial Lectures were established in 1985 following a
donation from Mr Mohamed Aslam in memory of his wife, Dr Hilda Hulme.
The lectures are on the subject of English literature and relate to one
of ‘the three fields in which Dr Hulme specialised, namely Shakespeare,
language in Elizabethan drama, and the nineteenth-century novel’.

This lecture was originally published by the Institute of English Studies, University of London in 1986.

The Hilda Hulme Memorial Lectures were established in 1985 following a
donation from Mr Mohamed Aslam in memory of his wife, Dr Hilda Hulme.
The lectures are on the subject of English literature and relate to one
of ‘the three fields in which Dr Hulme specialised, namely Shakespeare,
language in Elizabethan drama, and the nineteenth-century novel’.

Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374) worked over many years on his long historical text about the Lives of ancient Roman military heroes, De viris illustribus (On Famous Men). Left unfinished at his death, the text was completed by 1379 by Petrarch’s colleague, Lombardo della Seta. Within a decade, De viris illustribus was translated into Italian; and in 1476 the Libro degli uomini famosi was printed in Poiano outside of Verona by the eccentric humanist and scribe, Felice Feliciano (1433–1479/1480). The edition includes a peculiar feature: preceding each of the Lives is a page on which is printed an interlace woodcut border within which, however, no image appears.